Calif. man charged with murder in Pop Warner brawl

Oct. 10, 2012
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by Bill Welch, USA TODAY

by Bill Welch, USA TODAY

Authorities in Alhambra, Calif., say a 22-year-old man is facing a murder charge after a brawl Saturday between rival Pop Warner youth-league football fans that left another man dead of stab wounds.

Jose De Jesus Ruiz was making a court appearance Wednesday after being charged in the death of Patrick Raymond Ortega, 25.

Jane Robinson, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, said Ruiz attended a youth football game in Bell Gardens on Saturday, and afterward went to a restaurant in nearby Monterey Park, where a group of fans of a rival team were also present.